RAIN AND WINDS POUND SOUTHLAND AREA SPARED HEAVY FLOODING, MUDSLIDES.Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer Clear, sunny skies should break through today and last through the week, drying out a Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, left waterlogged wa·ter·logged adj. 1. Nautical Heavy and sluggish in the water because of flooding, as in the hold: a waterlogged ship. 2. by a series of powerful rainstorms over the long New Year's weekend. Rain and heavy winds pounded the Rose Parade for the first time since 1955, felled dozens of trees and power lines and may have contributed to the death of a girl in Long Beach whose sport utility vehicle plunged into a swollen flood control channel Flood control channels are a series of large, concrete, and empty (except when a flood is actually present) open-air channels that extend a ways below the street levels of some larger cities, so that if and when a flood occurs, the flood will run into the channels, and proceed to be . Still, although a flash-flood watch was issued for the areas burned in last year's wildfires, the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. area was spared significant mudslides and flooding. ``It appears ... that the runoff was minimal, the water has been handled effectively by flood control systems,'' said Brian Humphrey, spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. . ``But this is of course the first significant storm of the year. ``Each successive storm, as the ground becomes more saturated, the dangers will become more apparent,'' Humphrey said. The National Weather Service expects temperatures to be in the upper 50s to mid-60s today. For Wednesday's Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, skies will be mostly clear and the weather will be breezy, with the mercury rising to the low to mid-70s. Lows on Wednesday should be in the mid-40s to mid-50s, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the NWS NWS National Weather Service NWS Naval Weapons Station NWS New World Symphony NWS Nuclear Weapon State NWS Not Work Safe NWS National Watercolor Society NWS North Warning System NWS Nose Wheel Steering NWS National Waste Strategy (UK) . As rain fell on Southern California on Monday, Northern California was recovering from storms that are believed to have caused more than $100 million in damage. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in seven counties, including Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Napa, Sacramento, Sonoma and Trinity. In Guerneville in Sonoma County, the California Army National Guard The California Army National Guard is a component of the California National Guard, the United States Army and the United States National Guard. The California Army National Guard is composed of about 20,000 soldiers. used all-terrain vehicles to pick up residents stranded in their homes by high water. The Russian River at Guerneville was receding after remaining for hours at 41 feet - 9 feet above flood stage - but officials said it likely wouldn't fall below flood stage until this morning. Napa officials said about 600 homes and 150 businesses were flooded, causing an estimated $50 million in damages. A layer of mud and debris coated city streets but most flooded roads had been reopened by Monday. The Marin County town of San Anselmo, north of San Francisco, suffered some $40 million in damages after a flooded creek inundated in·un·date tr.v. in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing, in·un·dates 1. To cover with water, especially floodwaters. 2. downtown with 4 feet of water, coating city streets with mud. The NWS recorded 1.62 inches of rain in Van Nuys from 4 p.m. Sunday to 4 p.m. Monday. There was 1.58 inches of rainfall in Northridge over the same time period. In Burbank, residents of the hillside area of Country Club Drive watched muddy water flow down the street Monday in front of their homes - near hillsides burned by wildfire last fall. ``It's a natural drainage and (water) always comes down,'' said Country Club Drive resident Bill Vick, 88. ``So there's never a big rain that you don't have drainage in the street. ``It doesn't bother us. We're used to it,'' he said. Southern California fire departments had swift-water rescue teams ready to go out on Monday, but they got no calls to save anyone swept away by the water flow. In Ventura County, a rescue helicopter picked up four adults and two dogs stranded on a sandbar sandbar or offshore bar Submerged or partly exposed ridge of sand or coarse sediment that is built by waves offshore from a beach. The swirling turbulence of waves breaking off a beach excavates a trough in the sandy bottom. that separated the ocean from the Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Gattenio, 73, of West Hills had an ash tree crash down in front of his Sausalito Avenue home. He was at the back of his property when he heard the tree come down. ``Just a great big snapping, cracking noise,'' Gattenio said. ``Nobody yelled timber.'' Authorities in Los Angeles and Ventura counties reported that a number of trees fell on Monday, some directly onto homes and garages. Along Los Angeles County's beaches, county and city fire departments used bulldozers to push up sand berms to keep high tides and waves from flooding coastal areas. At the Sepulveda Basin, Hansen Dam and Tujunga Wash areas, police officers patrolled public recreation zones to get homeless people out of the path of rising waters. Daily News Wire Services contributed to this report. Alex Dobuzinskis, (818) 546-3304 alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) A firefighter exits a house crushed by an uprooted tree in the 23900 block of West Normar Street in Woodland Hills. (2) Veronica Willingham and her sister Christy Willingham were watching a bowl game when a tree hit Christy's room. (3) Leo Gattenio walks past an uprooted tree that landed in the front yard of his Sausalito Avenue home in West Hills. ``Just a great big snapping, cracking noise,'' Gattenio said of the fall. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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